TQ Resources

Preparation / Teacher Education

A Case of Successful Teaching Policy: Connecticut's Long-Term Efforts to Improve Teaching and Learning (A research report by Suzanne M. Wilson, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Barnett Berry, February 2001)

The Future of Teacher Education (BestTQ Vol. 5, No. 3, Dec. 2006)

How Do Teachers Learn to Teach Effectively? Quality Indicators from Quality Schools (A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation from Just for the Kids and the Center for Teaching Quality)

How Do Teachers Learn to Teach Effectively? Quality Indicators from Quality Schools (BestTQ Vol. 2, No. 7, Jan. 2003)

Learn from the Masters (An Edutopia article by Barnett Berry and John Norton, July 2006)

A Middle School Math and Science Teacher Urges Congress that "Shortcuts in Preparing Teachers for the Classroom Will not Work" (The MiddleWeb Listserv, March 2002)

New Investments in Teacher Education: Carnegie's Teachers for a New Era

No Shortcuts to Preparing Good Teachers (An article in Education Leadership by Barnett Berry, May 2001)

Professional Standards for Accreditation of Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education (From the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education)

Quality Alternatives in Teacher Preparation: Dodging the "Silver Bullet" and Doing What is Right for Students (An article in The State Educaiton Standard by Barnett Berry, Winter 2000)

Questions and Answers for the Ohio Governor’s Commission on Teaching Success (Part of a joint project by the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures to redesign teacher preparation policies)

Raising the Standard: Georgia’s Leadership in Teacher Preparation Reform (BestTQ Vol. 1, No. 10, March 2002)

Teacher Quality and the Question of Preparation (Commentary by Barnett Berry in Education Week, Vol. 25, Issue 08, Pages 32,34-35. Free registration required)

Teacher Preparation Cost Study: A Comparative Analysis of Select Alabama and National Programs (June 2004)

Teacher Preparation Research: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Recommendations (A report from the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, February 2001)